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United States • Intellectual property

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Patents: litigation (full coverage)

Goodwin regularly fields ‘highly talented and capable trial teams’ to manage and achieve victories in complex patent litigation. The team possesses significant expertise in competitor disputes related to high technology and excels in proceedings before the PTAB. The practice also has a strong reputation in the life sciences sector, regularly representing brand companies in Hatch-Waxman cases. Elaine Blais, based in Boston, is a first-chair trial lawyer who specializes in pharma and biotech patents. Blais jointly leads the team with the esteemed Brett Schuman, who is based in San Francisco and excels in patent infringement related to mobile phone and telecoms technology. Other notable practitioners in Boston include Douglas Kline, a ’skilled trial advocate’ who leverages over thirty years of experience trying patent disputes, and Molly Grammel, a key attorney involved in the team’s recent victory for Breeze Smoke. Naomi Birbach, in New York, is highly regarded for her work in post-grant proceedings, such as inter partes reviews, before the PTAB.
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Distinctions

La satisfaction du client: Qualité de l’avocat et de l’équipe

Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘Goodwin Procter patent litigation practice can field highly talented and capable trial teams with the variety of talent needed to handle complex matters. The diverse skill sets of its bench give it an edge in trying and winning cases.'

  • ‘Their strength is their people. Practical. Straight to the point. Competent. We can talk about outcomes and discuss scenarios before actually drafting anything. Having the big business need/goal in mind is essential.’

  • ‘We work with Alexandra Valenti and Naomi Birbach, who lead a highly active team.’

  • ‘I am working with the Goodwins team on several litigation cases and find them always very pleasant to work with, very responsive, very clear in communication, reasonable pricing and flexibility to other arrangements as well.’

  • ‘Jeff Simes - always available, there is no clearer communicator than Jeff, very pragmatic approach, amazing response time, simply the best!'

  • ‘Srikanth Reddy is particularly attentive in organizing the team for our case. Joshua Weinger has great expertise in the science that is relevant to our case.’

Clients clés

  • Breeze Smoke, LLC
  • Insulet Corporation
  • Sandoz, Inc.
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • CommScope, Inc.
  • General Electric
  • Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
  • Microchip Technology, Inc.
  • Tecan Genomics
  • Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd.
  • Ossifi-Mab, LLC
  • Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Points forts

Achieved a significant victory for Breeze Smoke, LLC in their opposition against a compliant that R.J. Reynolds filed at the OTC.
Secured a resounding victory for Samsung Electronics in high-stakes litigation against Manufacturing Resources Inc. (MRI) across multiple venues, including the ITC, where a complete win ensured Samsung could continue importing its outdoor displays without disruption.
Successfully represented Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) in a high-stakes patent dispute over its generic version of Lumify® (brimonidine).
Responsable de la pratique

Elaine Blais; Brett Schuman

Autres avocats clés

Douglas Kline; PJ McCarthy; Alexandra Valenti; Naomi Birbach; Jeff Simes; Srikanth Reddy; Douglas Kline; Kevin Martin; Molly Grammel